[arch-general] vsftpd build option --- why not support tcp_wrappers?

Gaetan Bisson bisson at archlinux.org
Wed Nov 27 22:44:46 EST 2013


[2013-11-28 11:19:09 +0800] Yi Zheng:
>    Do you think it is necessary to add native tcp_wrappers support
> for VSFTPD?

No. See:

	https://www.archlinux.org/news/dropping-tcp_wrappers-support/


> I do not use xinetd, and want restrict FTP accessing
> by IP.

I would personally use iptables for that. You can write rules yourself
or have other tools (mostly GUI) write them for you. See for instance:

	https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firewalls

	https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Simple_Stateful_Firewall

-- 
Gaetan


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